Members of your faculty may wish to ask questions of a management who have brought their institution into such public disrepute. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
Some of the disrepute is deserved and some is artificially induced. From Wordnik.com. [Canada's Immigration Policy] Reference
Pei writes, the potato, for its part, was in disrepute some centuries ago. From Wordnik.com. [et patati et patata - French Word-A-Day] Reference
Community as the basis for Movement-making is in disrepute, replaced by mailings, marketing and polling, Twitter and Facebook. From Wordnik.com. [Reverend Billy: Notes for Sunday's Sermon] Reference
I suppose you’re right about that – I don’t approve of the job he’s doing – but I suspect your reasons for holding him in disrepute are lots different from mine. From Wordnik.com. [Waldo Jaquith - Norquist on the Bush cult of personality.] Reference
IAAF could sanction Dwain Chambers for 'disrepute'. From Wordnik.com. [A1 HOME - Top Stories] Reference
Rep. Joan Ballweg, R-Markesan, accused Wood of bringing "disrepute" upon the Assembly. From Wordnik.com. [The Fond du Lac Reporter Latest Headlines] Reference
After been on leave for nearly two years on full pay those crooks were eventually allowed to resign so not to bring Southwark Council into "disrepute". From Wordnik.com. [London SE1 community website] Reference
According to the latest Game Informer scans from the magazine's July issue cover story, the "disrepute" Mr. Payne has fallen into can be attributed. From Wordnik.com. [Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now] Reference
The former defence secretary and two other ex-ministers were suspended for bringing the Labour Party into "disrepute" after revelations in a Channel 4 Dispatches programme. From Wordnik.com. [Epolitix News] Reference
A 'fig leaf' exists in which the PCC does not adjudicate as frequently as it could for fear of coming into 'disrepute' with funders, he said, referring to comments made by Meyer. From Wordnik.com. [News from Journalism.co.uk] Reference
In favor: Not all employment programs are in disrepute. From Wordnik.com. [Bailing Out The Jobless] Reference
They are positively bringing their calling into disrepute. From Wordnik.com. [Watch Yourself Go By] Reference
Yet again, the paper has brought journalism into disrepute. From Wordnik.com. [News of the World's entrapment of John Higgins besmirches journalism] Reference
Maybe Joe should sue Universal Pictures for bringing his name into disrepute. From Wordnik.com. [Death Be Not Proud] Reference
The falling into disrepute of this word is characteristic of the onlooker-age. From Wordnik.com. [Man or Matter] Reference
I was in a box among people who were an injury to me, and brought me into disrepute. From Wordnik.com. [Women in the Life of Balzac] Reference
It has been forced to rub elbows with bad company till it has come into utter disrepute. From Wordnik.com. [Sermons on Biblical Characters] Reference
I apologize for thoughtless remarks I made which have brought this House into disrepute. From Wordnik.com. [Lawmaker jokes about Palin's death, resigns] Reference
Later, the concept fell into disrepute, because repeated fine-tuning spawned high inflation. From Wordnik.com. [Does Anyone Know History?] Reference
"Y" workers that brought the Y.M. C.A. into such disrepute among the American soldiers in France. From Wordnik.com. [In the Flash Ranging Service Observations of an American Soldier During His Service With the A.E.F. in France] Reference
Then every-one began making them, too often from unsuitable negatives, and they fell into disrepute. From Wordnik.com. [Bromide Printing and Enlarging A Practical Guide to the Making of Bromide Prints by Contact and Bromide Enlarging by Daylight and Artificial Light, With the Toning of Bromide Prints and Enlargements] Reference
Labor unions, once a major positive force advocating for the working class, have fallen into disrepute. From Wordnik.com. [Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D.: Labor Unions, the Economy, and the EFCA] Reference
He has brought the name of the Pakistan team into disrepute with, inter alia, associating with gamblers. From Wordnik.com. [ICC warned England against appointing spin bowling coach Mushtaq Ahmed] Reference
Should our band get into disrepute, which it surely would do if discovered here, I should feel disgraced. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls Through New England or, Held by the Gypsies] Reference
Excerpts: NEWSWEEK: Lack of regulation is being blamed for our current crisis, and free markets are in disrepute. From Wordnik.com. [Who Is To Blame?] Reference
Crudely-enforced bans on access brought the activity into disrepute after 100 years, along with boorish behaviour. From Wordnik.com. [Oh what a glorious day it is – except for the grouse] Reference
Thus in the Loyal States, the profession of arms had fallen greatly into disrepute previously to the outbreak of the. From Wordnik.com. [Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac] Reference
The sort of bigotry preached by some of the bare-knuckled white politicians a generation ago has fallen into disrepute. From Wordnik.com. [‘All Things Are Possible’] Reference
Ixion, king of Thessaly, having fallen into disrepute on earth, was taken up into heaven by Jupiter and feasted by the gods. From Wordnik.com. [The Menorah Journal, Volume 1, 1915] Reference
With free markets now in disrepute, what's going to happen to the popularity of Ayn Rand's most famous book, "Atlas Shrugged"?. From Wordnik.com. [Who Is To Blame?] Reference
Profiling of killers has no real-world value, wastes police time and risks bringing the profession into disrepute, experts say. From Wordnik.com. [Psychological profiling 'worse than useless'] Reference
Others react with frustration, even anger, at the cadets who took their own lives for bringing disrepute on the rest of the corps. From Wordnik.com. [Worried They Will Miss the War] Reference
This disregard of propriety in the interchange of statues appropriate to different places has brought the state as a whole into disrepute. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
As usual Washington is overcorrecting: wrongdoing has hardly disappeared from the capital, yet all the agents of inquiry are in disrepute. From Wordnik.com. [Bill On The Brink] Reference
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